Nithish Natarajan

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[Nithish Natarajan @n_nithish77]

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis #inferno

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦! 𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺.”

— 𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘻𝘢 𝘎𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘣

[Louis-Vincent Gave @gave_vincent]

One of my “go to” lines for years has been that the sign of success for a country isn’t that poor people drive cars, but that rich people ride the subway…

[Matt Couch @RealMattCouch]

Genius...

[Ian Raphael Bishop @irbishi]

Rinku Singh with bat, Rinku Singh in the field. Happy for him. A game of sub 200 scores can be exciting cricket to.

[le.hl @0xleegenz]

If we had 13 months instead of 12, every month would be exactly 28 days, the 1st would always Monday and the 28th would always be a Sunday

Every month would have exactly 4 weeks instead 4.257 and we would properly align ourself with the cycle of moon

[кєνín @notcee_fan]

Twitter brand is so strong it was renamed and it’s still Twitter.

[Nomandla Bobo @nomandlabobo]

Society is in shambles because we’ve really allowed money to take precedence over character, principles and values.

[BuBBliK @k1rallik]

🚨do you understand what happened to the man who knew too much..

His biographer died 48 hours before him. Case closed in 24. No witnesses.. No note.. No questions..

Wilcock spent 30 years naming programs, facilities, and people inside Pentagon black projects. He was preparing new material on non-human biologics when he died.

April 18 - biographer Wynn Free dies
April 20 - Wilcock dies. Already armed when police arrived. Dead within minutes. Case 26-01788. Closed same day

Trump had just announced UFO file releases. Grusch had testified under oath about retrieved craft. The biggest disclosure moment in history was days away.

That is not a coincidence.. That is a pattern.

[Trendulkar @Trendulkar]

Trump will be remembered for creating a platform called Truth to post only Lies.

[Sagar @sagarcasm]

Indian openers in IPL 2026

[Spitfire @RealSpitfire]

We’ve reached the point in the matrix where the government officials who are guilty of fraud are creating laws that will imprison the people investigating their crimes.

Incredible.

[Jason @mahixcavi7]

Dan Christian on MS Dhoni :

- When I was in RPSG and Smith was Captain of team but Dhoni was leader, actually he leads the team, if player got out and next turn is of Stokes but if MS wants to bat he will gear-up & will go without asking anyone. 😂

https://t.co/38Ue5jT7q6

[Out of Context Human Race @NoContextHumans]

That might be the filthiest shot I’ve ever witnessed

[Geoff Wacker @GeoffWacker]

That's fuckin' right!

[Li Zexin 李泽欣 @XH_Lee23]

Map of Chongqing's metro system in 3D.

Chongqing is called the "mountain city". Building metro here is more difficult than in plain cities.

Chongqing’s metro total length ranks 7th in the world, with over 550 km.

[Abhishek AB @ABsay_ek]

Pravin Tambe getting his IPL cap at 41 will always be my favorite moment.

For 20 odd years he worked jobs far from cricket(sorted diamonds, worked as a waiter in bar) & playing club matches on Mumbai's dusty grounds while IPL exploded around him. He watched teenagers become millionaires & kept showing up anyway.

What breaks me is how he learned his craft. Tambe studied bar dancers, watching their wrists move with impossible fluidity, then spent hours in front of mirrors teaching his aging wrist to bowl googlies.

IPL is built for instant stars; Tambe was the opposite. Patience made flesh, stubbornness with a smile. Watching him bowl was watching cricket become human again, a wrist that learned to dance finally getting its stage.

And that Dravid speech about him...makes it even more special ❤️

[Preity G Zinta @realpreityzinta]

He is also soft spoken, well behaved and extremely sweet. His mom makes food and brings it to the hotel ( Best Kadi Chawal & Bhartha among other things ) for the entire team every IPL ❤️I never heard him complain or come late when he sat on the bench. Watching him shine fills me up with so much joy cuz nothing is more rewarding than to see a good guy win 🔥❤️🦁Sorry I couldn’t help commenting on ur write up as it popped up in my timeline👍

[Abhishek AB @ABsay_ek]

You remember the auction room of 2018. Some kid from Patiala, barely old enough to vote, zero first class games to his name, suddenly worth 4.8 crore. It looked like the kind of punt that destroys franchises.
7 years on, that same kid is hitting sixes like his life depends on it. Because it does.

From 2019 to 2022, Prabhsimran played just 6 IPL games. Punjab kept the chequebook open, kept him on roster, kept whispering about potential. But potential without release rots you. You spend nights in hotels carrying water bottles. You watch Gayle & Dhawan do your job. You start believing the auction price was a curse, not a blessing.

He ran to stay human. 7 kilometers, then 8. Every morning. The burning in his lungs was better than the silence of the bench.

Sachin Tendulkar told him something once; He said most boys would kill to sit where he sat. Told him to find contentment there. Sounds like advice for a monk, not a cricketer. But Prabhsimran clung to it.

Then 2023 happened. The Impact Player rule dropped. Purists screamed about death of cricket. For Prabhsimran, it was oxygen. He could swing from ball one without worrying about the collapse.

13th May 2023, Kotla. Delhi Capitals had them against the wall. He walked in & played the innings of his life. First 30 balls: 27 runs. Next 35: 76 runs. No other batter crossed even 20 runs for his team while he scored his 1st IPL century. Delhi missed the playoffs. Prabhsimran found himself.

But that is not why he bats like his life depends on it. You need to meet Sardar Surjit Singh, His father. Kidney failure. Three sessions a week hooked to machines. The house in Patiala is heavy with it. The only time the old man lights up is when his son opens for Punjab. They carry him to the couch before every game. Position the TV. For 3 hours, the sickness vanishes.

Think about that weight. Every boundary is not runs for him, It is medication. Every six is oxygen for an old man. When he says he plays for his father, he means it literally. The single joy in a week of hospital corridors & medical debt.

Come the 2025 auction, Punjab retained 2 players only. Shashank Singh & him. 4 crore for a keeper who had spent 4 years doing mostly nothing. He repaid them with 549 runs at 160 strike rate.

Shreyas Iyer gave him something simple; Freedom. Told him he was senior now. Told him one bad game would not end him. Freedom to fail.

Now he is flying. Strike rate pushing 173 this season. 80* against Mumbai off 39 balls. 51 off 25 against SRH. Each innings bigger than the last: 37, then 43, then 51, then 80*.
The boy who waited is now the man who delivers.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

"Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress.
Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone.
Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does."

—Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad